Description
Object description
Important collection of papers concerning Harding's career during and after the Second World War, comprising: Pocket diary covering the period January - June 1944, when Harding was Chief of Staff to General Alexander at 15th Army Group HQ in Italy, containing interesting descriptions of the planning and execution of the major military operations at that time (Anzio, Monte Cassino, Rome) and observations on senior Allied commanders; a substantial series of correspondence and other papers from the period 1949 - 1984, relating mainly to Harding's work as Governor and Commander-in-Chief Cyprus, 1955 - 1957, and to the Cyprus question generally during the 1950s (with a few items relating to his other commands in that period, notably in relation to the Malayan Emergency), concerning the security situation on the island, EOKA activity, the international negotiations towards a settlement of the island's status, the Baker Report, the English Schools on Cyprus, and compensation claims by government employees and residents for losses arising from the settlement, including correspondence between Harding and the Deputy Governor George Sinclair from the period 1956 - 1960, and correspondence from many prominent contemporaries (including letters from Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein); and other miscellaneous papers concerning Harding's career.
Content description
Important collection of papers concerning Harding's career during and after the Second World War, comprising: Pocket diary covering the period January - June 1944, when Harding was Chief of Staff to General Alexander at 15th Army Group HQ in Italy, containing interesting descriptions of the planning and execution of the major military operations at that time (Anzio, Monte Cassino, Rome) and observations on senior Allied commanders; a substantial series of correspondence and other papers from the period 1949 - 1984, relating mainly to Harding's work as Governor and Commander-in-Chief Cyprus, 1955 - 1957, and to the Cyprus question generally during the 1950s (with a few items relating to his other commands in that period, notably in relation to the Malayan Emergency), concerning the security situation on the island, EOKA activity, the international negotiations towards a settlement of the island's status, the Baker Report, the English Schools on Cyprus, and compensation claims by government employees and residents for losses arising from the settlement, including correspondence between Harding and the Deputy Governor George Sinclair from the period 1956 - 1960, and correspondence from many prominent contemporaries (including letters from Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein); and other miscellaneous papers concerning Harding's career.
History note
Cataloguer SWW
History note
Catalogue date 1996-07